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Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by MasterSlenderTR » 2025-05-21, 21:50

What add-ons do you use with Pale Moon?
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Gemmaugr » 2025-05-21, 22:03

Too many to list at once glance, and making it zoomed out made it un-readable.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Night Wing » 2025-05-22, 00:36

I only use two extensions. They are uBlock Origin (1.16.6.0). and Zoom Label (1.3).

https://projectfresco.github.io/addons/ ... ock-origin

https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/zoom-label/

And the theme I like the most is Past Modern Revisited (2.10.2)

https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/zoom-label/
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by suzyne » 2025-05-22, 02:06

All of these aren't used daily, but this is my installed list.

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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-22, 07:02

This is my list, give or take. ignore the disabled ones.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by back2themoon » 2025-05-22, 08:54

Off-topic:
Moonchild wrote:
2025-05-22, 07:02
This is my list, give or take.
A question about Swabby, since it's own topic is locked (you should probably move and unlock that). Does it touch anything related to Bookmarks, e.g. favicons, ranking/'frecency', sorting etc. All of this is included in places.sqlite, right?

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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by billmcct » 2025-05-22, 12:53

These are mine:

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Application: Pale Moon 33.7.1 (20250506114445)
Operating System: WINNT (x86_64-msvc)

About Add-ons 33.0
About:about Button 1.1.2.1-signed
Add As Search Engine 1.0
Add Bookmark Helper 1.0.10
AlwaysRememberPassword 0.1
Bamboo Feed Reader 2.3.2
BIZARRE 33.0
Bookmark Current Tab Set 0.2.4.1-signed.1-signed
Bookmark Duplicate Cleaner 0.2.1-signed.1-signed
Bookmarks Checker check for bad links 3.1.1.1-signed
butWhyMod 1.7
Classic Add-ons Archive 2.0.3 (Disabled)
Classic Password Editor 1.1.2
Clean Uninstall 0.1.9
CLEO 10.0 (Disabled)
Config Comments 1.0
Context Search X 0.4.6.26
CookieKeeper 1.9.3.1
Cookies Manager+ 1.14.3
Custom Buttons 0.0.5.8.9.6 (Disabled)
Decentraleyes 1.4.3
Disconnect 3.15.3.1-signed.1-signed
Dismiss The Overlay 1.0.7
DOM Inspector 3.1.7534 (Disabled)
Download Dialog Tweak 0.3.0
Downloads Window 0.6.5
Engine Click To Search 1.0.0
Expire history by days 1.2.4
Extension Conflict Troubleshooter 10.1 (Disabled)
Extension List Dumper 2 1.0.2
Extension Preferences Menu 2.13.19
ExtExp 33.0 (Disabled)
FavIconReloader 0.8.1-signed
FEBE 10.4 (Disabled)
Fierr 33.0
FireShot 0.99.15.1
Form History Control 1.4.0.6 (Disabled)
GeoFlag 33.0
GetEmAll! 1.2.4
Google Shortcuts 2.1.8.2.1-signed.1-signed
Greasemonkey for Pale Moon 3.31.4
Hide Caption Titlebar Plus 2.8.7rc
History Submenus the Third 2.4.7782
HTerr 33.1 (Disabled)
HTTPS Always 5.2.27
I don't care about cookies 3.5.0
ImTranslator 10.52
InFormEnter 0.771 (Disabled)
JS Switch 0.2.10.1-signed.1-signed
LiveClick Lunar 33.0
Lull The Tabs 1.5.2
Minama 1.0.2
Modify HTTP Response 1.3.8
More Tools Menu 1.2.4.1-signed.1-signed
NoSquint 2.2.2
Open Bookmarks in New Tab 2.0.2016021001
Open Profile Folder 1.3.3.1-signed.1-signed
Open With 6.8.6
OPIE2 10.0 (Disabled)
Organize Search Engines 1.96.05
Pale Moon Commander 3.0.1
Palefill Web Technologies Polyfill 1.30
Password Backup Tool 1.4.1
Paywall Pass 0.0.3.1-signed
PermissionsPlus 2.5.1 (Disabled)
Places Maintenance 2.0.3
Properties dialog 1.0
Pure URL 3.4 (Disabled)
ReloadRepeat 33.1
Responsive Bookmarks Toolbar 2.0.4
Restart manager 2.09
Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar 1.4.17
Scriptlet Doctor 1.2.5 (Disabled)
Searchbar like Findbar 2.0
SettingInsanity 1.0.0
Show My Password 2.0.4
Sort and Search Customization Dialogs 0.1.3.1-signed.1-signed
SQLite Admin 1.1
Statusbar Organizer 2.1.0
Stay-Open Menu 2.2.2rc
Stylem 2.2.9
SubWebView 1.0.4 (Disabled)
Tab Utilities Phoenix 2.1.2
TextFX 2.7 (Disabled)
Theme Tweaker 1.0.0
toggleDocumentColors 2.0.20180429
uBlock Origin 1.16.6.0
Undo Bookmarks Menu 1.7.1-signed.1-signed
User Agent Status 1.7.2 (Disabled)
uTube 33.4
Vacuum Places Improved 1.2.1-signed.1-signed
View Image 1.2
WebInstall Ninja 1.0.2 (Disabled)
xclear 1.8.2
Yahoo Mail Button 1.1.1
Yahoo Mail Hide Ad Panel 2.60
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64 GB DDR4 ECC memory (128 GB max)
500 GB Corsair T500 main M2 SSD
1 TB Intel storage M2 SSD (6 TB max)
Intel onboard GPU 1080p
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q GPU 4K

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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by mseliger » 2025-05-22, 17:02

My add-ons are

Extensions
Name Version Enabled ID
ADPC 33.0 true {3D1F80B5-DA79-586E-8A89-603451EF31AD}
ChromEdit Plus 2.9.10 true chromeditplus@webdesigns.ms11.net
Classic Add-ons Archive 2.0.3 true ca-archive@Off.JustOff
Classic Password Editor 1.1.2 true classicpasswordeditor@daniel.dawson
Crush Those Cookies 1.4.0 true crush-those-cookies@wsdfhjxc
deCDN 33.4 true {38DC6B77-0FD5-5F30-AC49-E9D1A422779B}
Dismiss The Overlay 1.0.7 true behind-the-overlay-me@Off.JustOff
DumCred 33.0 true {1A423754-E2DA-5B36-BCDA-45BD65998EC0}
GetEmAll! 1.2.4 true {4f45ab64-73d7-4bde-b9e6-0922abe8e11a}
Grabit 33.1 true {77485BDA-6FFE-5A73-B3ED-943F929C15AE}
GrabMyBooks 1.8.2.1 true info@grabMyBooks.com
Greasemonkey for Pale Moon 3.31.4 true greasemonkeyforpm@janekptacijarabaci
I don't care about cookies 3.5.0 true jid1-KKzOGWgsW3Ao4Q@jetpack
Markdown Editor 0.5.3 true markdowneditor@mseliger.info
Markdown Viewer 1.12 true markdownviewer@thiht.fr
Multi Links Plus 3.9.3 true multilinksplus@hugsmile.eu
NewsFox 1.0.9.4.1 true {899DF1F8-2F43-4394-8315-37F6744E6319}
Open With 6.8.6 true openwith@darktrojan.net
Pale Moon Commander 3.0.1 true commander@palemoon.org
papt 33.0 true {8CC29E8B-4BC4-5944-8F75-311FDFB4C0DF}
PermissionsPlus 2.5.1 true {c3303c6e-5424-41a3-8e65-255687a94434}
Polish Cookie Consent 1.45.1 true PolishCookieConsentExt@polishannoyancefilters.netlify.com
Pure URL 3.4 true pure-url@palemoon
Reader View 2.2.0 true {1111dd1e-dd02-4c30-956f-f23c44dfea8e}
ReminderFox 2.1.6.8 true {ada4b710-8346-4b82-8199-5de2b400a6ae}
Restore "src" attribute of "img" TAGs 1.0 true restore_src_attribute_of_img_TAGs@tellu_white
RightToClick 2.9.5.1-signed true {cd617375-6743-4ee8-bac4-fbf10f35729e}
ScrapBook X 1.14.7 true scrapbookx@addons.mozilla.org
Scrapbook X CopyPageInfo 1.3.10 true scrapbookx.copyinfo@addons.mozilla.org
ScrapBook X File Converter 1.2.0 true scrapbookx.converter@addons.mozilla.org
Show My Password 2.0.4 true {a8d39d11-bb4d-4f0a-a9dd-9ddae060ffff}
Super Start 7.4.0.1-signed true superstart@enjoyfreeware.org
Tab Mix Plus 0.5.8.3 true {dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318}
The Good 'ol Sidebar 1.1.0 true tgsidebar@franklindm
Toolbar Buttons 1.1.1-signed.1-signed true {03B08592-E5B4-45ff-A0BE-C1D975458688}
uBlock Origin 1.16.6.0 true uBlock0@raymondhill.net
uTube 33.4 true {EC845603-2E80-5C58-AEB0-7791201C9A9C}
Web Developer's Toolbox 1.1.3 true {1945702a-44e8-4d01-a50b-6893582d909a}

-- disabled, only enabled when needed --
FEBE 10.4 false {4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}
Palefill Web Technologies Polyfill 1.30 false palefill@addons.martoks-place.de
Password Backup Tool 1.4.1 false password-backup-tool@Off.JustOff
Password Exporter 1.2.1.1-signed false {B17C1C5A-04B1-11DB-9804-B622A1EF5492}
WebComponents Toggle 2.0.0 false {99ca5bd9-6e14-431e-aad7-19df2c347719}
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by MasterSlenderTR » 2025-05-22, 17:49

mseliger wrote:
2025-05-22, 17:02
My add-ons are

Extensions
Restore "src" attribute of "img" TAGs 1.0 true restore_src_attribute_of_img_TAGs@tellu_white
Can you please share the "Restore "src" attribute of "img" TAGs" addon? Its download link seems down: viewtopic.php?f=71&t=29050
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Restore "src" attribute of "img" TAGs before saving the page

Unread post by mseliger » 2025-05-22, 19:25

Hello, I've put the file as attachment.
restore_src_attribute_of_img_TAGs@tellu_white.xpi
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Re: Restore "src" attribute of "img" TAGs before saving the page

Unread post by MasterSlenderTR » 2025-05-22, 19:27

mseliger wrote:
2025-05-22, 19:25
Hello, I've put the file as attachment.

restore_src_attribute_of_img_TAGs@tellu_white.xpi
Thank you! You’ve saved an add-on from being lost to time.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by frostknight » 2025-05-22, 21:11

I attached which ones mine are.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Bilbo47 » 2025-05-25, 18:06

Doesn't this information provide more foothold or attack surface on a per-user targeted basis? No one needs to know what OS/browser/router/etc I use...

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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-25, 18:14

Bilbo47 wrote:
2025-05-25, 18:06
Doesn't this information provide more foothold or attack surface on a per-user targeted basis? No one needs to know what OS/browser/router/etc I use...
What are you talking about?
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by somdcomputerguy » 2025-05-25, 20:08

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Extensions
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Name: About:config button
Version: 1.0
Enabled: true
ID: aboutconfigbutton@wolfbeast.com

Name: Add As Search Engine
Version: 1.0
Enabled: true
ID: {92FCD001-8329-489A-8FEA-10BC98E0435F}

Name: Address Bar & Search Bar More Readable
Version: 1.0.0
Enabled: true
ID: {0080df42-a94a-49f3-aa4b-867ecf837367}

Name: Advanced URL Builder
Version: 1.1.1
Enabled: true
ID: {a3e27151-fb11-4c95-9c13-3bb2bd3955f7}

Name: Check4Change
Version: 1.9.8.3
Enabled: true
ID: check4change-owner@mozdev.org

Name: Color My Tabs
Version: 2.2.0
Enabled: true
ID: color-my-tabs@wsdfhjxc

Name: Context Search X
Version: 0.4.6.26
Enabled: true
ID: contextsearch2@lwz.addons.mozilla.org

Name: Copy As Plain Text
Version: 1.2.3
Enabled: true
ID: {400a725d-b074-4b70-bd7a-b91dd71f24e5}

Name: Copy Hyperlink Text
Version: 1.2.2
Enabled: true
ID: {4e4b0d4f-5668-46b2-aa35-68127b5c4721}

Name: FormDraft
Version: 1.3
Enabled: true
ID: formdraft@noob.software

Name: Greasemonkey for Pale Moon
Version: 3.31.4
Enabled: true
ID: greasemonkeyforpm@janekptacijarabaci

Name: Image Search Options
Version: 2.0.3.7
Enabled: true
ID: {4a313247-8330-4a81-948e-b79936516f78}

Name: Multi Links Plus
Version: 3.9.3
Enabled: true
ID: multilinksplus@hugsmile.eu

Name: NoSquint
Version: 2.2.2
Enabled: true
ID: nosquint@me.ebonjaeger.com

Name: Number Tabs
Version: 1.3.2
Enabled: true
ID: {a3561580-d61b-4f8d-93e9-b2b79b220ef3}

Name: Offline QR generator
Version: 1.1.4
Enabled: true
ID: jid1-5h9We5DytuZ14Q@jetpack-mod

Name: Open With Edge, IE, Chrome, and More
Version: 4.1.0
Enabled: true
ID: {ab91ffec-fe2a-440e-99ca-5260e0ea0c06}

Name: Pale Moon Commander
Version: 3.0.1
Enabled: true
ID: commander@palemoon.org

Name: Paste Email Plus
Version: 10.0
Enabled: true
ID: pasteemailplus@guid.customsoftwareconsult.com

Name: PDF Viewer
Version: 2.3.240
Enabled: true
ID: pdf.js-seamonkey@lakora.us

Name: Pure URL
Version: 3.4
Enabled: true
ID: pure-url@palemoon

Name: Reader View
Version: 2.2.0
Enabled: true
ID: {1111dd1e-dd02-4c30-956f-f23c44dfea8e}

Name: RecordRewind
Version: 1.4.9
Enabled: true
ID: {0fe2ae05-62e3-4c75-8b8b-90370c679274}

Name: Show My Password
Version: 2.0.4
Enabled: true
ID: {a8d39d11-bb4d-4f0a-a9dd-9ddae060ffff}

Name: Swarth
Version: 1.1.0
Enabled: true
ID: swarth@franklindm

Name: Tab Mix Plus
Version: 0.5.8.2
Enabled: true
ID: {dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318}

Name: TextFX
Version: 2.7
Enabled: true
ID: {15a11248-39f8-4f15-b337-02e9f687a4d5}

Name: Title Bar Customizer
Version: 1.4
Enabled: true
ID: {583c9310-98a6-11eb-a6b6-0800200c9a66}

Name: Translate This Page, Text, or Link
Version: 2.1.0
Enabled: true
ID: {8701e193-7b0a-4871-b1f8-8f89857c46a1}

Name: uBlock Origin
Version: 1.16.6.0
Enabled: true
ID: uBlock0@raymondhill.net

Name: Update Alert
Version: 1.4.3
Enabled: true
ID: {5f2de053-ba41-4201-a296-bdcff0a529b0}

Name: URL Rewriter
Version: 2.8.5
Enabled: true
ID: url-rewriter@papush

Name: View Image (Filename)
Version: 1.0.1
Enabled: true
ID: {84894ae8-1916-4238-b80f-362ddcdcb71f}

Name: BrowserTickTock
Version: 0.1.4
Enabled: false
ID: {2ba8678b-9b58-4636-afcd-84ebcda8a2df}

Name: Print pages to PDF
Version: 0.5.0.2.1
Enabled: false
ID: printPages2Pdf@reinhold.ripper

Name: qrThis
Version: 33.1
Enabled: false
ID: {01C55014-E98E-54A2-B829-73ADD4C759AB}

Name: ReloadRepeat
Version: 33.1
Enabled: false
ID: {60D4414D-327B-53E2-A6EC-97500D0E1F3B}

Name: URL Quoter
Version: 1.0
Enabled: false
ID: urlquoter@wolfbeast.com

Name: Werewolf
Version: 1.1
Enabled: false
ID: werewolf@bonsaimind.org

Name: ηMatrix
Version: 5.1.1
Enabled: false
ID: eMatrix@vannilla.org
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Goodydino » 2025-05-25, 20:39

1. Age Unlimiter YT 2.0.5
2. Autoplay Toggle 1.0.2
3. Blacken 2.2.28
4. Bookmarks Checker 3.1.1
5. CheckPlaces 2.6.5
6. ChromEdit Plus 2.9.10
7. Classic Add-ons Archive 2.0.3
8. Config Comments 1.0
9. Controle de Scripts 1.0.3.1
10. Cookie Permissions 3.3.0
11. Disconnect 3.15.3.1
12. Dismiss the Overlay 1.0.7
13. DOM Inspector 3.1.7534
14. Downloads Window 0.6.5
15. Element Inspector 0.1.2
16. FireFTP 2.0.32
17. Greasemonkey 3.31.4
18. JSView Revive 2.1.8
19. Kill Bright Backgrounds 2.0
20. Live HTTP headers 0.17.1
21. Modify Headers 0.7.1.1.1
22. Noia Moon Options 2.1.1 in 2.5.1
23. Palefill 1.28
24. Privacy Badger 1.9.2
25. ScriptBlock 1.0.0
26. uBlock Origin_1.16.6.0-firefox legacy
27. User Agent Switcher 0.7.3.1
28. Web Developer's Toolbox 1.1.2
29. YouTube Autoplay Stopper 1.0.7.1

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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by moonbat » 2025-05-25, 23:26

Bilbo47 wrote:
2025-05-25, 18:06
Doesn't this information provide more foothold or attack surface on a per-user targeted basis? No one needs to know what OS/browser/router/etc I use...
Hate to break it to you but as an average internet user, you're not that important for someone to create a special hack targeting only you. The vast majority of exploits are opportunistic and depend on being widely in use; which is why Windows is more of a target than Linux, for example.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by frostknight » 2025-05-26, 00:09

Bilbo47 wrote:
2025-05-25, 18:06
Doesn't this information provide more foothold or attack surface on a per-user targeted basis? No one needs to know what OS/browser/router/etc I use...
Security by obscurity doesn't work.
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by suzyne » 2025-05-26, 04:14

frostknight wrote:
2025-05-26, 00:09
Security by obscurity doesn't work.
Experts always say that so I am sure it is true. But while I think that obscurity is little use from targeted hacking, maybe it can discourage a more casual opportunistic hack?

If I was storing my passwords in Google Keep (this is just an example, of course that's not what I do) surely having a 4 digit PIN disguised within a note that is full of addresses with a title of Parties To Go To is better than a note with the title of My Passwords and a label before the PIN saying Bank Account?
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Re: Pale Moon addons you use

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-26, 10:49

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suzyne wrote:
2025-05-26, 04:14
frostknight wrote:
2025-05-26, 00:09
Security by obscurity doesn't work.
Experts always say that so I am sure it is true. But while I think that obscurity is little use from targeted hacking, maybe it can discourage a more casual opportunistic hack?

If I was storing my passwords in Google Keep (this is just an example, of course that's not what I do) surely having a 4 digit PIN disguised within a note that is full of addresses with a title of Parties To Go To is better than a note with the title of My Passwords and a label before the PIN saying Bank Account?
Security "experts" tend to suffer from purism. They want to get people convinced security has to either be perfect or it might as well not exist -- but in reality, security is a grade. That's why there are trivial methods of obfuscation that are very effective at keeping things secure; it's only if the method also leaks that security is breached in that case. The experts want to narrow it down much further to things being secure even if the method is known (like in case of cryptography) but more generic security can definitely benefit from some level of obscurity.
i.e. in Suzyne's example, if you know it's secured with a PIN and you know it's in that particular note somewhere, you can get to the passwords. But brute-forcing that isn't feasible -- if you don't know if it's PIN-secured and you don't know from where it's discoverable, how would you ever guess?

So, security through obscurity absolutely does work, to a pretty high degree. But it can't easily be quantified to what degree and that's something to always keep in mind (and something that's generally not accepted in environments where certainty about security levels is demanded).
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